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Excavation

  • Triconch Palace Butrint
  • Butrint
  • Buthrotum
  • Albania
  • Vlorë County
  • Bashkia Konispol
  • Xarre

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Credits

  • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

    MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

    ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

    AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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Summary (English)

  • This year’s excavations revealed more of the south facing corridor with its fine geometric mosaic that connected the reception room and the Triconch’s entrance way. The mosaic pavement was dotted with scaffolding holes and cement-mixer representing the rebuilding that was never finished. To the west, in Plot 1 further excavations showed that during the 4th century in the commercial area piers were inserted to support an upper floor. Destruction debris suggests the upper floor had polychromatic marble veneer. Flanking warehouses extended out from the building to the edge of the channel, which were incorporated in to the city wall when it was built. Towards the end of the 5th century the two storey house was falling into disrepair, as is attested by mid – late 5th century debris. In the abpve- mentioned remains was found an ivory gaming piece. In the 6th century the area was sub divided, an upper floor was inserted in to the western warehouse and the eastern warehouse was abandoned. Graves and features found during excavation indicted that occupation lasted until the 7th century.

  • Andrew Crowson - ICAA-International Center for Albanian Archaeology / IWA-Institute of World Archaeology, University of East Anglia 

Director

  • Ilir Gjipali - Instituti i Arkeologjisë Tiranë, Departamenti i Prehistorisë (Albanian Institute of Archaeology, Department of Prehistory)
  • Richard Hodges - ICAA-International Center for Albanian Archaeology / IWA-Institute of World Archaeology, University of East Anglia

Team

  • Karen Francis - CgMs-Consulting Planning and Development, Archaeology and Historic Buildings
  • Ylli Cerova - Universiteti "Aleksandër Xhuvani"

Research Body

  • IWA - Institute of World Archaeology, University of East Anglia
  • Instituti Arkeologjik Tiranë (Albanian Institute of Archaeology)

Funding Body

  • Butrint Foundation
  • Packard Humanities Institute

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